Meet three Latin Americans among the 100 most influential people, according to Time

Meet three Latin Americans among the 100 most influential people, according to Time

Meet three Latin Americans among the 100 most influential people, according to Time

The president of Argentina, Javier Milei; the Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil, Marina Silva; and the Attorney General of Ecuador, Diana Salazar Méndez, were included in the list of the one hundred most influential personalities in the world by Time magazine, revealed this Wednesday.

Artists, icons, titans, leaders, innovators and pioneers are the labels under which the magazine registered those selected this year.

The three Latin Americans were designated in the leaders category, headed by Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni.

The Spanish soccer player and Tigres de la UANL player Jenni Hermoso was also included in the selection as one of the icons of 2024.

Other athletes such as Max Verstappen, Siya Kolisi, A’ja Wilson and Sakshi Malik are also part of the exclusive list.

American actress América Ferrera, of Honduran roots, was chosen to head this year’s list of pioneers.

More than a dozen artists were also included, including Sofia Coppola, Elliot Page, Burna Boy, Dua Lipa, Jeffrey Wright, Kylie Minogue, Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Maya Rudolph, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Colman Domingo, Dev Patel, and Alex Edelman, among others.

Icons of fashion, visual and literary arts include Jenny Holzer, Tory Burch and Jonathan Anderson, among others, as well as media figures and journalists such as Kelly Ripa, Connie Walker and E. Jean Carroll.

Microsoft chief Satya Nadella and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes are on the list for the third time.

Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki; actor Michael J. Fox; actress Taraji P. Henson; Taiwanese entrepreneur Jensen Huang and Ferrera repeat for the second time on the list.

Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, 25, is the youngest person on this year’s list, and scientist Joel Habener is the oldest at 86.

Japanese professors Katsuhiko Hayashi and Akiko Iwasaki were also included in the selection.

The magazine presents the hundred chosen through profiles also written by personalities which include the president of the United States, Joe Bidenwho profiled worker leader Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union.

The vice president of USAKamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Anderson Cooper, Tom Brady, Mark ZuckerbergRyan Reynolds, Richard Branson, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldaña, Salma Hayek and Lenny Kravitzare also part of the writers selected to celebrate the work of those chosen.

Source: Gestion

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